Re-casting Terra Nullius Blindness: Empowering Indigenous Protocols and Knowledges in Australian University Built Environment Education Final Report, December 2016 Lead Institutions Deakin University Griffith University Partner Institutions University of Canberra The University of Western Australia Project Team: Professor David Jones Professor Darryl Low Choy Associate Professor Grant Revell Associate Professor Scott Heyes Associate Professor Richard Tucker Dr Susan Bird Support for the production of this report has been provided by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. The views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. With the exception of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms, and where otherwise noted, all material presented in this document is provided under Creative Commons Attribution- ShareAlike 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. 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Requests and inquiries concerning these rights should be addressed to: Learning and Teaching Support Student Information and Learning Branch Higher Education Group Department of Education and Training GPO Box 9880 Location code C50MA7 CANBERRA ACT 2601 <[email protected]> 2017 ISBN 978-1-76051-136-4 [PRINT] ISBN 978-1-76051-137-1 [PDF] ISBN 978-1-76051-138-8 [DOCX] ID12-2418 – Re-casting Terra Nullius Blindness i Acknowledgement of Country We acknowledge the Elders, families and forebears of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of the Australian continent, islands and adjacent seas, who remain the spiritual and cultural custodians of their lands and waters and who continue to practise their values, languages, beliefs and customs. ID12-2418 – Re-casting Terra Nullius Blindness ii Acknowledgements We acknowledge Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of this nation. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which our campuses are located and where we conduct our business. We pay respect to ancestors and Elders, past, present and future. The project team, and their affiliated universities, are committed to honouring Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas, and their rich contribution to higher education and society. We extend our thanks to the individuals who have supported this project, and the knowledge gathered. Thank you to the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA), Architects Institute Australia (AIA), and Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) for their support and involvement in the project. Thank you to the Western Australian Chapter of the AILA, The University of Western Australia, the Koorie Heritage Trust (Melbourne), University of Technology Sydney, Griffith University, Queensland Conservatorium (Brisbane), Deakin University, and the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (VACL) for their support of the project in hosting and enabling activities and the workshops. We acknowledge the practitioners, academics and students who completed surveys and participated in the national workshops. Thanks are also extended to the Reference Group who supported this project and provided valuable insights into the enquiries and collation of the data collected. We would like to recognise the contribution of our project managers: Dr Susan Bird, Ms Helen Miekle and Ms Cate Davey, and financial oversight by Ms Manita Stokes. We would like to acknowledge the support of the Reference Panel members for this project -- Professor Mark Rose (La Trobe University), Dr Elizabeth Grant (The University of Adelaide), Mr Ed Wensing (The Australian National University) and Mr Rueben Berg (Indigenous Architecture and Design Victoria (IADV)) – together with the independent evaluations of the project, Professor Marcia Devlin (Federation University Australia) and Dr Sandy O’Sullivan (Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education). We thank the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching and its successor the Australian Government Department of Education and Training for providing funding and support for this project, particularly to Glen Toohey and Dr Darlene Sebalj together with staff in the Governance Quality and Access Branch of the Australian Government Department of Education and Training for their advice during the finalisation of this research. This project was subject to ethics approvals by the Deakin University Human Research Ethics Committee (DUHREC) (#2012-335) entitled Re-Casting terra nullius blindness: Empowering Indigenous Protocols and Knowledge in Australian University Built Environment Education, and a Deakin University Faculty of Science, Engineering & Built Environment Human Ethics Advisory Group (HEAG) STEC-2-2013-JONES entitled Indigenous Narratives and Processes. ID12-2418 – Re-casting Terra Nullius Blindness iii The authors wish to acknowledge the kind involvement and support of staff, representatives and Elders from the Wadawurrung (Wathaurung) Aboriginal Corporation, the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-Operative, the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Land Corporation, the Boon Wurrung Foundation Ltd, the Quandamooka Lands Council Aboriginal Corporation Ltd, the Jagera Ganay-Magil Aboriginal Corporation Ltd (formerly Ngaran Goori Ltd), the Koorie Heritage Trust, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (VACL), and IADV in informing and assisting this research project and enabling staff and Elder involvement in the project. The authors wish to acknowledge representatives of AIA, PIA, AILA, the Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDR), the New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPIA), the New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA), the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA), and the City of Ballarat Council and the City of Greater Geelong Council. In addition, thanks are due to the many built environment staff and students at the following universities who contributed their thoughts, perceptions and values: Deakin University, Griffith University, RMIT University, University of Canberra, The University of Western Australia, The Australian National University, The University of Melbourne, the Queensland Conservatorium, University of Auckland / Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau (NZ), Lincoln University / Te Whare Wanaka o Aoraki (NZ), Victoria University of Wellington / Te Whare Wānanga o te Ūpoko o te Ika a Māui (NZ), UNSW Sydney (University of New South Wales), University Technology Sydney, Macquarie University, The University of Adelaide, University of South Australia, Federation University Australia, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Southern Cross University, Curtin University, La Trobe University, together with contributions from staff, Elders and representatives from the Institute of Koorie Education (IKE), the School of Architecture and Built Environment, and the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education) at Deakin University, the School of Environment and the Urban Research Program at Griffith University, the Office of Indigenous Strategy and Education at La Trobe University, the School of Indigenous Studies at The University of Western Australia, the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President (Academic) at The University of Adelaide, the Office of the Director of the Gnibi College at the Southern Cross University, Division of Higher Education and Research at Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, the Office of the Deputy Vice- Chancellor (Learning and Quality) at Federation University Australia, and an expert peer practitioner review by UDLA Ltd (Perth and Broome). Thanks are also given to the Project Reference Group Chair, Professor Mark Rose (LaTrobe University), to the two External Examiners who provided their review of this Report and associated research, Professor Marcia Devlin (Federation University Australia) and Dr Sandy O’Sullivan (Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education), and to the OLT for unusually permitting such an extensive external examination to occur. ID12-2418 – Re-casting Terra Nullius Blindness iv List of acronyms used AICOMOS Australia International Council on Monuments and Sites AIA Australian Institute of Architects AILA Australian Institute of Landscape Architects AIATSIS Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies ANZAPS Australian and New Zealand Association of Planning Schools AQF Australian Qualification Framework ARC Australian Research Council ASLA American Society of Landscape Architects IADV Indigenous Architecture and Design Victoria NZIA New Zealand Institute of Architects NZILA New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects NZPI New Zealand Planning Institute OLT Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching PIA Planning Institute of Australia UN United Nations UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Terminology Built environment: The disciplines and professions of architecture, landscape architecture and planning can be generically referred to using the term built environment. This term is used in this Report